In Greek mythology, Chalcis ( ; ) was one of the daughters of the river-god Asopus and Metope, the river-nymph daughter of the river Ladon.Diodorus Siculus, 4.72.1.
Family Chalcis was the sister of Pelasgus (PelagonApollodorus, 3.12.6.), Ismenus, Corcyra, Salamis, Aegina, Peirene, Cleone, Thebe, Tanagra, Thespia, Asopis, Sinope, Ornea and Harpina.Diodorus Siculus, 4.73.1. According to others, she was the mother of the Curetes and Corybantes, the former of whom were among the earliest inhabitants of Chalcis.Scholia Vict. ad Homer Iliad, 14.291; Strabo, 10 p. 447
Mythology The town of Chalcis in Euboea was said to have derived its name from Chalcis.Eustathius ad Iliad p. 279 She may be identical with EuboeaCorinna, fr. 654 (trans. Campbell) or CombeStephanus of Byzantium, s.v. Khalkis - compare with Eustathius ad Iliad p. 279 where Combe was also called Chalcis, daughters of Asopus in some myths.
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